"There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us."

-- James Truslow Adams

#Wisdom Quotes #Peace Quotes #Faults Quotes

“Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth.”
“I think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him...to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good...”
“There is no need to suffer silently and there is no shame in seeking help”
“There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.”
“Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freeman with votes in their hands are left without education.”
“Lyrics are very different. There is a clear line between that and a poem. Something that has been a source of great excitement and delight for me is this idea that I get to rhyme.”
“The best ideas are the honest ones. Ones born out of personal experience. Ones that originated to help a few but ended up helping many.”
“Sometimes I get lonesome for a storm. A full blown storm where everything changes. The sky goes through four days in an hour, the trees wail, little animals skitter in the mud and everything gets dark and goes completely wild. But it is really God - playing music in his favourite cathedral in heaven - shattering stained glass - playing a gigantic organ - thundering on the keys - perfect harmony - perfect joy.”

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